Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our . These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About the School Of Materials Science And Engineering

The SCHOOL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING at the GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY invites applications for its Materials Science and Engineering Lecturer position. The school has vibrant undergraduate and graduate programs, with ~200 undergraduate majors and ~200 graduate students, and an extensive research portfolio. Its faculty, staff, and students participate in a range of dynamic and collaborative research programs, engage in professional and career development, and enjoy modern facilities located on a pleasant urban campus in the City of Atlanta, Georgia.

Atlanta, GA

The position will provide lecture instruction to undergraduates and/or graduate students in Materials Science and Engineering. Applications from candidates with interests in evidence based instructional methods and education research are strongly encouraged.

Initial responsibilities will include developing and delivering lecture instruction (typically 12-18 credit hours total per year) for undergraduate courses in Materials Science and Engineering such as Principles and Applications of Engineering Materials (MSE 2001), Materials Characterization (MSE 2021), Structural Transformations (MSE 3002), and Transport Phenomena (MSE 3210). The course coverage and assessment tools will be coordinated amongst the other faculty who teach these courses so that students have a uniform, high quality experience regardless of instructor.

The position will also develop supplemental digital resource materials to support course instruction.

Additional responsibilities may include lecture instruction and supplemental digital resource materials to support graduate-level course instruction.

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, BS Materials Science and Engineering and PhD in Engineering Education, or PhD in field related to Materials Science and Engineering

• Cover letter
• CV
• Statement of teaching philosophy
• List of at least 3 references (Name, title, organization, relationship to applicant, contact phone number, contact email address)

For additional information contact Prof. Mary Lynn Realff at

The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening. .

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The position starts on or before August 1, 2024. This position is a renewable, 12-month, non-tenure-track appointment.